Arrow head



Sept. 17, 1957 A. MlNlSlNl ARROW HEAD Filed May 16, 1955 ALBERT INVENTORMINISINI @KfW/@ ATTORNEYS :NIU A United States Patent ARROW HEAD AlbertMinisni, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application May 16, 1955, Serial No. 568,759

1 Claim. (Cl. 43-6) This invention appertains to arrows and moreparticularly to an arrow especially designed for shooting tish, butwhich is adaptable for other uses.

Fishing arrows are provided with barbs and a retrieving line is securedto the arrow head. After the arrow is shot and a fish is pierced, thearrow and the fish are pulled to the sportsman by the retrieving line.Much difficulty is experienced in removing the arrow from the fish, asthe arrow cannot be pulled back through the fish in view of the barbsand consequently, the hunter usually pulls the arrow forwardly throughthe iish. This, of course, ruins the feathers on the arrow shaft and isdetrimental t0 the flesh of the ish.

It is, therefore, one of the salient objects of my invention to providea novel arrow head having one or more barbs, normally held in aprojected position, with a simple means for permitting inward movementof the barb or barbs after the fish is pierced, so that the barbs willlie within the arrow head, and whereby the arrow head can be pulled backout of the fish without tearing the flesh of the fish.

Another salient object of my invention is the provision of an arrowparticularly adapted for shooting a sh embodying a ferrule for receivingthe arrow shaft and a piercing shank rotatable on the ferrule, the shankhaving a pivoted barb normally held in a projected position by theengagement of the barb with the ferrule, the ferrule in turn, beingprovided with a slot, so that upon slight rotation Iof the ferrule andthe penetrating point or shank relative to one another, the barb can bebrought into alignment with the slot and moved into the slot toward thelongitudinal axis of the arrow and within the plane of the outer surfaceof the arrow.

A further important object 'of my invention is to provide an arrow headof the above character which will be durable and efficient in use, onethat will embody a minimum number of parts and one which can be placedupon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure l is a side elevational view of an arrow equipped with myimproved head, the view showing the barb in its projected, activeposition;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the arrow head withthe barb in its projected, operative position, the section being takenon the line 2-2 of Figure 4, lookin"g in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a sectional View similar to Figure 2, but showing the barbin its retracted, inoperative, non-active position, the section beingtaken on the line 3--3 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of thearrows;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken at right angles toFigure 2 and on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction ofthe arrows, and

'2,806,317 APatented Sept. 17, 1957 ICC Figure 5 is a transversesectional view through the arrow head taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter Agenerally indicates an arrow equipped with my novel arrow head H.

The arrow A also includes the shaft 10 having feathers 11 adjacent tothe notched end thereof.

The arrow head H includes a ferrule 12 having an internal socket 13 intowhich is tted the forward end of the arrow shaft. The ferrule can alsobe provided with an opening 14 to permit the anchoring of a retrievingline (not shown) thereto. The forward end of the ferrule is providedwith an internally threaded socket 15 and the ferrule around thethreaded socket 15 is provided with a tapered bearing or cam face 16. Alongitudinally extending slot 17 opens out through the forward end ofthe ferrule and communicates with the socket 15. Associated with theferrule 12 is the penetrating point or shank 18 and as best shown inFigure l, this shank or point gradually tapers toward its forward end.The rear end of the shank or point 18 is externally threaded forreception in the socket 15 and hence the point 18 can be turned on theferrule 12. The inner end of the shank is bisected by a longitudinallyextending slot 19, and this slot receives the barb 20. The barb 20 hasits forward end rockably mounted on a pivot pin 21 which extends throughthe point 18 and the barb is of such a length as to extend out of theslot 19 and to overhang the ferrule 20. The barb preferably has itsouter longitudinal edge sharpened to cut through a fish and the outerend of the barb terminates in a curved pointed hook 22.

Under normal conditions, the barb rests on the tapered bearing surface16 of the ferrule and hence the barb is held out in an operativeposition. By turning the ferrule 12 and the point 18 relative to oneanother, the slot 17 can be brought into longitudinal alignment with thebarb 20 and consequently, the barb can move into the slot (see Figure3). When the barb is in this position, the same 1s inactive.

In use of an arrow equipped with the head H, the barb 20 is moved out ofthe slot 17 and the point 18 and the ferrule 12 are slightly rotated sothat the barb will rest on the ferrule. The arrow can now be shot. Whenit is desired to remove the arrow from the fish, the ferrule and thepoint are again turned relative to one another until the barb alignswith the slot, and the barb can then be moved into the slot 17. At thistime, the arrow can be readily pulled back out of a fish.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

An arrow head comprising a ferrule for connection with an arrow shaft,said ferrule having its forward end provided with an externally taperedbearing face and an internally threaded socket, said ferrule also havinga longitudinally extending slot communicating with the socket andopening out through the bearing face, an arrow point having its innerend threaded into the socket for turning movement, the inner end of saidpoint being bisected by a longitudinally extending slot, a barb havingits inner forward end received in said last mentioned slot and pivotallymounted on the point, the barb being of a length to normally rest uponthe tapered bearing face of the ferrule with the outer end of the barbprotruding beyond the outer face of the point and ferrule, the slots inthe ferrule and arrow point being of a slightly greater width than thewidth of the barb, the point being axially rotatable on the ferrulethrough its threaded connection with the ferrule, whereby the barb andslot in the point References Cited in the lle of this patent gan bebrought into longitudinal alignment with the slot UNITED STATES PATENTS1n the ferrule so that the barb can be received 1n the A 1 1

